2 March 2018

Felix Mutati-led MMD national secretary Raphael Nakacinda says NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili is a dishonest politician without any clear agenda apart from insulting President Edgar Lungu who fired him from government. Last month, President Lungu relegated Mutati from the position of Finance Minister to the position of Works and Supply, replacing him with Margaret Mwanakatwe...

Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary Kayula Siame says government is committed to providing an enabling business environment by eliminating obstacles to trade in an effort to make Zambia a business hub. And Siame says government is concerned with increasing reports of unaccustomed goods in transit which end up leaking to the domestic...

Veteran politician Vernon Johnson Mwaanga says he gets sick to the stomach each time most politicians open their mouths to speak. And Mwaanga says the Commonwealth-led dialogue must consider the reconstitution of the Electoral Commission of Zambia and the Constitutional Court. In a statement, Thursday, Mwaanga stated that it was saddening for politicians to constantly...

The Finnish Government has granted eight Zambian Civil Society Orgarnisations €74,000 to enhance the role of CSOs in implementing sound environmental management projects; promote sustainable and equitable development in Zambia. The grant which has been made under a Finland funded project called Civil Society Environmental Fund phase two (CSEF 2), is aimed at addressing the...

On Wednesday this week, Minister of Higher Education Professor Nkandu Luo held a joint press conference with her counterpart from the Ministry of General Education David Mabumba and Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya. The aim of the press conference was to update the nation, through the media, on the preparedness of learning institutions across...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in North-Western Province, in collaboration with three local authorities, has seized assorted expired goods worth over K4,985. According to a statement released by CCPC public relations officer Namukolo Kasumpa, Thursday, the seizure of the goods was conducted during a sensitization and advocacy tour of the province. “CCPC in...

Former Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba says there is a danger that comes with a Republican President speaking off the cuff when addressing the public because anything he says, even on a lighter note, is consumed seriously as government policy. Recently President Lungu made a statement on the Copperbelt saying "ubomba Mwibala alya mwibala", a Bemba...

We have not banned Zodwa Wabantu from coming to Zambia but there is no morality in her dancing without underwear, says National Guidance and Religious Affairs Minister Reverend Godfridah Sumaili. Refuting media reports that she had banned Zodwa from coming to Zambia in an interview yesterday, Rev Sumaili said the dancer's host had not applied...

Murder convict Chilanga UPND member of parliament Keith Mukata who was sentenced to death by the Lusaka High Court has filed in a notice of appeal against his conviction. This is according to a notice of appeal filed in the Court of Appeal Holden at Lusaka Criminal Jurisdiction. Mukata appealed on grounds the learned trial...

National Democratic Congress political consultant Chishimba Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu's decision to give 10 per cent Black Mountain to Jerabos will cause war on the Copperbelt. And Kambwili says Zambia is becoming a province of China. Speaking when he featured on Radio Christian Voice’s Chatback program, Wednesday, Kambwili observed that there would be trouble...

In the past month or two, we have seen an interesting change of strategy in the opposition UPND camp. The newly appointed office bearers have resuscitated the dying morale in the party, and since the campaigns were launched by President Edgar Lungu, we have seen Mr Hakainde Hichilema rise to the challenge in a much...

Police in Lusaka are scanning through cell phones and related gadgets confiscated from some managers and employees at Medical Stores Limited as they search for data related to drug pilferage and leakages at the institution. And Medical Stores Limited (MSL) Managing Director Chikuto Mbewe has ordered the affected victims who are still in employment to...